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16:06 Jan 21, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Potential Loss of an X-Ray Fluorescence Device Source |
| Event Description | Thermo-Niton Analyzers LLC was expecting the delivery of an X-Ray Fluorescence device. The carrier was contacted and no delivery was scheduled for that location. The carrier is reviewing records to ascertain where the package is and whether it was delivered to the licensee's previous address. The state did not know the model number of the device or if there was a radioactive source in this device.
Thermo-Niton has two Massachusetts licenses: 55-0238 and 53-0388
The following report was received via e-mail: On 1/8/10, Thermo-Niton Analyzers LLC (Thermo) of Billerica, MA, shipped a Niton Portable XRF Analyzer (Model XL-801S, SN U1834, Source IPL Model XFB Series) to REM Aerospace of Fort Lauderdale, FL. On 1/12/10, REM Aerospace informed Thermo the device not yet been received. Subsequent communications determined that REM Aerospace had relocated and the device had been inadvertently shipped to REM Aerospace's previous address. Thermo contacted [the carrier] who returned to the original address on several occasions to recover the package. These attempts to recover the package were unsuccessful. On 1/21/10, Thermo contacted the MA and FL Radiation Control Programs and the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. The XRF Analyzer contains a 10 milliCi Cadmium-109 source. Notified FSME (Camper) and R1DO (Bellamy) |
| Where | |
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| Thermo-Niton Analyzers Llc Billerica, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 55-0238 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.1 h-0.0458 days <br />-0.00655 weeks <br />-0.00151 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Kenath Traegde 15:00 Jan 21, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Jan 22, 2010 |
| 45644 - NRC Website | |
Thermo-Niton Analyzers Llc with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potential Loss of an X-Ray Fluorescence Device Source 2010-01-21T16:06:00 | |